From orientation to graduation, we will engage the entire student body in initiatives designed to ensure that every student who graduates from UMD will do so informed and motivated to Do Good in their communities and around the world.

This effort builds on the amazing success and impact of the School of Public Policy and its Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, and now expands to every school and college within UMD to touch every UMD student.

THe Institute

The Accelerator

The Challenge

The Do Good Institute

The new Do Good Institute serves as the campus-wide hub of social innovation and as a center of research and thought leadership in philanthropy and social change. From orientation to graduation, the institute will engage the entire student body in initiatives aimed at ensuring every student will be informed and motivated to “do good” in their communities, both local and worldwide.

“Do Good” is built on the tenet that learning is not a passive activity, but instead requires active participation and deep, practical application. With this core value, the institute will help develop the next generation of leaders and spur innovation both on campus and throughout our communities.

The new Do Good Accelerator provides promising Do Good ventures (projects, nonprofits, businesses) with leadership coaching and mentoring, creative community space, networking opportunities, financial support and educational training.

The Accelerator will produce a pipeline of talented social entrepreneurs looking to develop and scale-up innovative solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.

It will be a hub on campus where experts can expand the number of quality projects in the competition (Do Good Challenge) and provide year-round programming and coaching to enhance and scale up the student’s projects.

The Do Good Challenge is a year-long effort that engages over a thousand students across campus and partners with numerous colleges, schools, and programs.

Capped by an eight-week competition created by UMD students to encourage their peers to Do Good, the challenge awards over $20,000 of total prize money and gives students a chance to get their organization’s name in front of a panel of high-profile judges and hundreds of supporters and professionals at the Finals. It is an opportunity students can’t miss.

“The ‘Do Good’ Initiative establishes the University of Maryland as a global leader in advancing social change, philanthropy and nonprofit leadership. We believe that our ‘Do Good campus’ will lead to a ‘Do Good world,’ where we will have a positive impact on all of the world’s citizens.”

President Wallace D. Loh

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“The Do Good Institute will be the first of its kind anywhere in the world. We are reinventing the college experience by producing a new Do Good generation that will produce transformational results in Maryland and around the world.”

Robert Grimm, Director of the Do Good Institute

Our mission of service compels us to address the great societal issues of our time through our unparalleled academic and research enterprise. From climate change to public health, from cybersecurity to global citizenry, we will do good for our communities, our state and our world. This is not merely a campaign for the University of Maryland, it’s a campaign for all humankind.